I think the concern to allowing the sale to a friend, or relative is they could always give it back. Yes, that would make them guilty of a felony too (I think it would be a felony) but I'm not sure that matters.

The second link has a couple similar stories that had different outcomes. This sounds like it was a bench trial and the judge was sympathetic to the defendant. I wonder if a jury would have been as sympathetic.

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